The Penn's Grove record., 1887-06-25


townships, Lancaster county, Penna.,
on the evening of the 18th, blew down
trees, barns and tobacco sheds, and lev
eled grain fields. A number of cattle
were killed by lightning. a violent
wind storm passed over Minneapolis at
noon on the 18th, %uprooting trees and
damaging small buildings.
"A severe storm prevailed in the
Wyoming Valley on the afternoon of
the 10Th. Rain and hail ''fell in sheets, "
and a large frame dwelling in Wilkes
barre was demolished by the wind.
"A severe shock of earthquake was
felt at SGmmeTville, South Carolina, on
the morning of the 10Th, at 81 minutes
past 10 O'Clock. 1t was accompanied
by 1.-THE most prolongued roaring since
October ODD, of last year. Nothing
was felt in Charleston. The shock at
Summerville caused a sensible vibra-
ton OF houses and furniture"
"A daring train robbery was COM
United ON the Southern Pacific Rail-
road lear Schulenberg, Texas, at half
past one o'clock on the morning of the
18th. AS the train drew up at the sta
ton two men, with drawn r%evolvers,
mounted the engine and compelled the
engineer to pull out tothe open prairie,
a few hundred yards distant, where a
fire was burning, surrounded by eight
or ten men armed with Winchester
rifles. The sleeping passengers were
awakened by the robbers, the first one
aroused being struck on the head with
a revolver, and were compelled to give
up their cash, jewelry and watches. 1t
is believed that about $4,000 in cash
and valuables was taken in this way.
The robbers also went through the
mail and express car and secured addi-
tional booty, swelling the total amount,
as estimated, to $4,000 or $40, 000. Sew
eral parties have gone In search of the
gang.
Sidney Soule, bookkeeper for L. B.
Preston d Co., of Chicago, has been
arrested on the charge of embezzllng
from his employers. He was addicted
to bucket shop gambling.
"A stage coach which makes the
daily trips from Ballain, st. Louis
county, Missouri, to Barrett's Station,
on the Missouri Pacific road, was
robbed on the afternoon of the 18th,
by several masked men. The coach
was returning from Barrett's with fif-
teen passengers, when the robbers, with
drawn revoIvers and their faces
masked, stopped the vehicle in the
midst Of thick underbrssh, and robbed
the passengers of about $3.50. 1t is
estimated that the passengers carried
$500 in cash and valuables, and there
is no explanation OF the smallness of
the haul.
john G~albraitb, the robber who
wounded at the scene of the Hawn
tragedy on the morning of the 10th,
was arrested at his home in Mount
Union, Penna., on the evening of the
18th, and taken to the jail at Hunting
don. lie was shot in the left eye and
his condition is critical. McKelway,
the other roLber arrested, has been
identified by a young woman who fer
ried HIM across the Juniata Oh the
morning of the 10th.
Henry Rothschild, aged IS years, a
wealthy farmer. hanged himself in bis
barn near Southville, Kentucky, on the
10Th. He had been insane for some
time.
William Wingard, 16 years old,
shot and killed his s~tepfather, Edward
F. Thomas, in Savannah, on the 10th.
His mother had complained that her
husband treated her cruelty.
james Redhead and Henry An
derson were drowned ON the 10Th,
while bathing at st. Joseph, Missouri.
The village of Washburn, Wood
ford county, Illinois, was destroyed by
Gre ON the morning of the 18th. The
loss is estimated at 500, 600; insurance,
SAC, 600. Incendiarism is suspected.
A misplaced switch caused an en-
CINE to collide with a passenger train
at Chicago ON the 10Th. The engineer
was severely injured and an unknown
laborer was Killed.
DIR. David d. Stewart and DR..
Henry Lehman on the Goth sent 10
District Attorney Graham a commCni-
cation respecting the mysterious sick
ness in two families in KensingtOn,
Philadelphia, by which eleven deaths
resulted, from the use of buns and
cakes containing chrome yellow or lead
chromate. The District Attorney
sent the communication to the CoroAer,
with a note, in which, among other
things, he said: l enclose you a state.
ment concerning the adulterat!on OF
food carelessly and negligently, where.
by death has been caused. There Will
not be any necessity for exhuming the
remains, as DIR. Stewart can satifac-
torily explain the cause of death, as
disclosed by post-mortem examinations
conducted by him The accused ought
to be committed to await the action of
the District Attorney. Drs. Stewart
and Laffman also sent a cOmmunica-
ton to the Board of Health in rela' ion
to the indiscriminate use of lead
chromate in confectionery, pastry and
other articles of food, and it was re-
ferred to the Sanitary Committee for
investigation.
by the caving in of a bank on
the lake front at Erie, Penna., on
the goth, John Elsie and Jacob Feb
renbaeh were killed, and John
O'Laughlin was dangerously injured.
While four men were asleep in
the caboose of a freight train a
Richmond, Indiana, on the 18Th, the
caboose and two other cars got de-
tached, and ran at a terrific rate to-
wards Richmond. On the way they
crashed into a passenger train n
were smashed up. Strangely enough
none of the men were killed, and 1t is
said none are dangerously injured.
One new case of yellow fever and
one death we're reported on the 10th
in Key West.
Further reports from Lancaster
county, Penna., show that the hal
storm ON the evening of the 18th, was
unusually destructive. In some sec
lions hail fell for nearly an hour, the
ground being covered. The wheat In
the fields was beaten fiat and the corn
cut to pieces. The tobacco was not far
enough advanced TO be injured. A
heavy wind and rain storm IN Rich
mond, Virginia. on the evening of the
10th, leyelled shade trees and unroofed